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First Officer Bernoulli

The Bernoulli Effect

An aeroplane wing is carefully shaped...

Because...

By creating a wing of a certain shape, we can make the air over the TOP of the wing move FASTER than the air passing UNDERNEATH the wing.

We want to do this because...

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That wing has
beautiful curves!